2007 Dodge Caliber AWD Fuel system Problems

WHEN CAR IS FILLED UP TO FULL IT WILL SMELL LIKE RAW FUEL IN THE CAR AND IT WILL STALL NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

NHTSA ID

11233318

Incident

Jul 17, 2019

Mileage

87,000 mi

THIS VEHICLE'S ENGINE WILL STALL MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER THE FUEL TANK HAS BEEN FILLED TO CAPACITY. THE STALLS OCCUR WHILE IDLING, AND/OR WHEN DRIVING AND THEY CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT WARNING WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC OR IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITHIN ONLINE FORUMS (INCLUDING YOUTUBE) REGARDING THIS MODEL OF VEHICLE. THIS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM. I ONCE STALLED AND WAS NEARLY INVOLVED IN A REAR-END COLLISION WHILE TRYING TO MERGE ONTO THE FREEWAY IN THIS CAR.

NHTSA ID

11115041

Incident

Jul 30, 2018

Mileage

78,000 mi

NEEDED TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK AND PURGE SOLENOID AS THE CAR KEPT STALLING AFTER I'D PUT GAS IN THE CAR WHEN I'D LEAVE THE GAS STATION. VERY UNSAFE AS I'D BE AT A RED LIGHT RIGHT AFTER PUTTING IN GAS AND WOULD STALL. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING CONSISTENTLY THE CAR WOULD DRIVE FINE.

NHTSA ID

11062400

Incident

Jun 20, 2017

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY IN FILLING FUEL INTO THE GAS TANK. FUEL MUST BE ENTERED VERY SLOWLY IN THE FILLER NECK OR THE HANDLE FROM THE PUMP WILL "TRIP" AND NOT ALLOW ANY FURTHER FLOW OF FUEL. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH AND TALKING TO OTHERS I THOUGHT THIS PROBLEM MIGHT BE DUE TO A CLOGGED EVAP HOSE OR ITS CHARCOAL CANISTER. I TOOK IT TO AN NATIONALLY KNOWN SERVICE STATION WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM TO BE NOT IN THE EVAP SYSTEM BUT IN A DEFECTIVE "ROLLOVER VALVE" WHICH IS INTERNAL TO THE FUEL TANK. IT IS ESSENTIALLY A "CHECK VALVE" WHICH PREVENTS FUEL FROM SPILLING BACK OUT OF THE TANK IN THE EVENT OF A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT. IF THIS ROLLOVER VALVE IS STUCK "PARTIALLY CLOSED" DURING FILLING, THEN IT COULD ALSO BE STUCK "PARTIALLY OPEN" AND ALLOW FUEL TO DANGEROUSLY SPILL BACKWARD THROUGH THE FILLER NECK IN THE EVENT OF A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DODGE DEALER TO INVESTIGATE THE ABOVE. THEY CHECKED INTO THEIR DATABASE AND FOUND THIS DEFECTIVE PART TO HAVE CAUSED A RECALL ON SOME OTHER 2007 DODGE VEHICLES (AVENGER, DAKOTA AND I BELIEVE RAM'S) BUT THE FREQUENCY WAS NOT JUSTIFIED FOR DODGE CALIBERS. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT MY PROBLEM DESCRIBED IS ONE AND THE SAME AS THOSE MODELS LISTED ABOVE (AND MAY VERY WELL BE THE SAME AFFECTED PART) AND THAT MY DEFECTIVE "ROLLOVER VALVE" SHOULD BE REPLACED AT DODGE'S EXPENSE. THE REPAIR INVOLVES REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE FUEL TANK.

NHTSA ID

10943975

Incident

Dec 6, 2016

Mileage

59,524 mi

THE VEHICLE STALLS AT RED LIGHTS / INTERSECTIONS AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK. IT DOES STOP AFTER SOME OF THE GAS IS USED. IT HAS NOT OCCURRED WHEN DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY, ONLY ON CITY STREETS. IN HAVING THE CAR EXAMINED, THERE IS A FAULTY VALUE ON THE GAS TANK, WHICH APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. IT IN SPEAKING WITH CHRYSLER, THEY ARE UNWILLING TO ASSIST.

NHTSA ID

10870115

Incident

Apr 15, 2016

Mileage

118,000 mi

IN JULY 2009 I RETURNED TO THE DEALER FOR A SERVICE, I ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT THE CAR INTERMITTENTLY NOT ACCELERATING PROPERLY FROM A STOP OR NEAR STOP, IT HESITATED DRAMATICALLY. THE DEALER COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND COULD DO NOTHING TO FIX IT. THIS IS STILL AN ONGOING ISSUE. THEN IN JUNE OF 2013, WHILE DRIVING ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MILES AN HOUR, THE CAR LOST ALL ACCELERATION, A MOMENT LATER STARTED A WARNING BEEP AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I IMMEDIATELY PUT ON THE FLASHERS WHILE TRYING TO MANEUVER FROM THE MIDDLE LANE TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, AFTER A WEEK AT THE MECHANIC HE CALLED ME TO INFORM ME THAT IT COULD BE THE CRANK SENSOR, WHICH WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE. HE REPLACED THE SENSOR AND I WAS INFORMED THAT THE ISSUE WAS CORRECTED. I DIDN'T GET FIVE MILES FROM THE MECHANIC WHEN THE CAR AGAIN LOST ALL ACCELERATION AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THE MECHANIC TOWED THE CAR BACK THE NEXT DAY. HE HAD THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM CHRYSLER TO HIS SHOP SEVERAL TIMES REGARDING THE ISSUE. THE REP THOUGHT THE COMPUTER NEEDED AN UPDATE AND THAT IS WHAT WAS DONE, IT DID NOT SOLVE THE ISSUE. (I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BY CHRYSLER THAT THE COMPUTER HAD UPDATES THAT WERE REQUIRED.) THE MECHANIC HAD SEVERAL OTHER PROFESSIONALS LOOK AT THE CAR, ALL OF WHICH WERE NOT FINDING THE PROBLEM. THEY ALSO HAD NO NEW COMPUTER CODES, WHICH WAS WHEN THEY REALIZED THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE WAS THE PROBLEM. THIS TOOK A MONTH TO SOLVE AND THE COST WAS $1130. *TR

NHTSA ID

10526412

Incident

Jul 1, 2009

Mileage

16,000 mi

ON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT MY CAR STARTED JERKING AND ACTED LIKE IT WOULD DIE WHEN I GAVE THE CAR GAS. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO DID AN OIL CHANGE AND CHECKED THE ENGINE CODES. I PICKED THE CAR UP FROM THAT MECHANIC AND THE CAR WAS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC AND THEY UPDATED THE COMPUTER ON THE CAR, CHANGED THE PLUGS AND FLUSHED THE MOTOR. THE CAR IS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. THE OTHER DAY I WAS ACCELERATING UP A HILL AND THE RED LIGHTNING BOLT LIGHT CAME ON THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING BUT WAS NOT GETTING ANY GAS. I PULLED OVER AND STOPPED THE CAR AND STARTED IT AGAIN AND DID NOT ACCELERATE OR ANYTHING TILL I GOT TO MY DESTINATION. SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR THAT NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH. I HAVE SPENT OVER $400 TRYING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF DODGE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10512920

Incident

May 6, 2013

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER AWD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GET INSPECTED BY THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND WOULD PROVIDE NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000. ....UPDATED 10/11/12 *BF UPDATED 10/15/2012 *JS

NHTSA ID

10463464

Incident

Feb 9, 2012

Mileage

104,000 mi

2007 DODGE CALIBER R/T AWD. MY WIFE FOUND 2 SMALL BRASS BUSHINGS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE FLOOR. WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR, DURING ACCELERATION ONTO AN INTERSTATE, IT APPEARED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK AND CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE EVEN AFTER I REMOVED FOOT FROM PEDAL. I PULLED THE PEDAL UP WITH MY FOOT TO FREE UP PEDAL. I SEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND A COUPLE OF OTHER REFERENCES TO A SIMILAR PROBLEM OCCURRING WITH OTHER CALIBER OWNERS. TOOK VEHICLE TO MY PREFERRED MECHANIC, AND HE HAS TO ORDER A NEW ACCELERATOR PEDAL ASSEMBLY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10318078

Incident

Mar 5, 2010

MY 2007 DODGE CALIBER HAS HAD 5 EPISODES OF THE ACCELERATOR GOING TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR SPEEDING UP AND THE RPM GOING TO HIGH, EACH TIME I HAVE BEEN DRIVING. THE FIRST TIME FROM ARIZONA TO ARKANSAS AND AT APROX 800 MILES IT HAPPENED AND AS ONE IS WHEN TRAVELING I WAS TIRED AND THINGS WERE CLUTTERED SO I ASSUMED IT WAS THE FLOOR MAT AND PULLED IT DOWN AND WENT ON. I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL SO THAT I DID NOT SPEED UP AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE SECOND TIME I WAS DRIVING AND AFTER ABOUT 20 MILES IT DID THE SAME THING AND I TOOK THE MATT OUT. I WAS ABLE TO STICK MY FOOT UNDER THE PEDDLE AND PULL IT UP AND PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THEN BACK IN DRIVE AND IT WAS THEN BEHAVING NORMAL. THE NEXT TIME I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE I DID THINK IT WAS THE MATT AND THE MATT WAS GONE. DOING THE SAME THING PUTTING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AS I WAS DRIVING AND BACK IN DRIVE , THIS TIME I HAD TO KEEP DOING THIS AS I COASTED ON THE ROAD AND ON THE 3 RD TIME IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL. THE REST IF THE TIMES WERE ON THE SAME TRIP TO THE DEALER, A 50 MILE TRIP, ALL THE SAME , THE CAR ACCELERATOR PEDAL GOES DOWN, THE CAR SPEEDS UP , I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND PULL THE PEDAL UP AND THEN AFTER A FEW TIMES IT WORKS FOR A UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF MILES. THE DEALER HAS NOW TOLD ME THEY RESET THE SYSTEM AND IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN BUT SHOULD IT THEN THEY WILL NEED TO REPLACE SOME THINGS. DODGE IN RUSSELLVILLE ARKANSAS, I HOPE IT IS FIXED. MY FEAR IS THIS WILL HAPPEN AS I'M PULLING OUT SOMEWHERE AND CAUSE A WRECK, OR IT WILL HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE AND THEY WON'T THINK SO FAST TO PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL, ON THE INTERNET I FOUND MANY STORIES ABOUT THE DODGE CALIBER ACCELERATOR THROTTLE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY AND DODGE DEALERS NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS , PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS TO SAVE LIVES BEFORE ANY ARE LOST THAT DON'T NEED TO BE LOST. THANK YOU *TR

NHTSA ID

10313630

Incident

Dec 23, 2009

Mileage

45,000 mi